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Whip Socket. 30,339 Patented July 28, 1868.

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to any other convenient part of the carriage.

the purpose described.

CHARLES CHRISTIAN, OF SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN,

Letters Patent No. 80,389, dated July 28, 18 68.

IMPROVED -WHIP-SOGKET.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

, Be it known that I, CHARLES GHRISTInN, of Sheboygan, int-he county ofSheboygan, and State of Wisconsin, I

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Whip-Sockets; and I dohereby declare the following to'be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the.same,erefcrence beinghad to the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of my'invention in operation. Figures 2and 3 represent modified constructions of the same. v I i My inventionconsists in applying a spring-clamp, in connection with a socket, to.retain loosely the buttend of the whip-stock,'to the dash-board orother convenient part of a carriage, as a whip-holder; and itsadvantnges consist in its convenience, cheapness, and the sure holdingof the whip.

That others may understand its construction and operation, I willparticularly describe it.

A is the dash-board of an ordinary pleasure-carriage,though, if desired,the whip-holder may be attached Bis a socket, made of metal, or someother suitable material, into which the butt-end of the whip O isintroduced, when about to be secured in the holder. A few inches abovethe socket B, the springs D areplaced, and the whip, when it is to beheld, is forced between said springs, which separate to permit thewhip-stock to pass, and close again in front of it to retain it, asshownrin the figures.

The springs D may be made of brass or steel, and, if desired, they maybe covered with leather, or othersuitable material, and the socket B,with the springs D, may be attached to a plate, E, or they may be separatelyrattached to that portion of the carriage deemed to be mostconvenient.

In figs. 2 and 3 are represented modified methods of construction ofthe'spring. Having described my invention, what I claim as new, is M Awhip-holder, constructed with the socket B, in connection with thesprings D, substantially as and for In testimony whereof, I havesubscribed inyname, this 13th day of May, 1868. i A CHAS. CHRISTIAN.

Witnesses CHRISTIAN ELKHARDT,

FR. KARSLE.

